Jonathan Kellerman

When Dr. Eldon Mate, a passionate advocate of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, is found dead, murdered by one of his own death machines, LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis and his friend Dr. Alex Delaware are on the case

When Eldon Mate, a former physician who had ended dozens of human lives, is found murdered psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is asked to aid in the investigation.

"Behind the yellow crime-scene tape, a brutal tableau awaits. On a lonely lover's Lane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Each victim bears a single gunshot wound to the head. Though the female remains unidentified, her male companion has a name Gavin Quick -- and a troubled past that had landed him on a therapist's couch. It's there, on familiar turf, that psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware hopes to find vital clues....

Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resists angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one fo the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex comes face-to-face with Lauren in a shocking encounter, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. And then...

In the 24th installment of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series, sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis investigate a lovers' midnight romp in a construction site gone wrong. A man and a woman have been murdered, bludgeoned to death during their intimate act; and as Delaware and Sturgis dig deeper into the case, they find themselves in the midst of high society's secretive world of deception and debauchery.

"Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex's most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman. At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel...

"Bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman has been universally hailed as the master of psychological suspense, and the blockbuster new thriller featuring Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis confirms his status as today's preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling. Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly...

Los Angeles psychologist, Alex Delaware, looks into the murder of attractive 23-year-old Michaela Brand, an aspiring actress. Soon after Michaela and a fellow acting student, 24-year-old Dylan Meserve, achieve their 15 minutes of fame by staging their abduction, their hoax is exposed and Michaela turns up dead in circumstances reminiscent of her faked assault. Delaware joins forces with his sometimes official partner in crime, LAPD detective Milo...

"Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda's release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough...

The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something -real dead . . . buried in your marsh.- The eco-volunteer on the other end of the phone thinks it¿ a prank, but when a young woman¿ body turns up in L.A.¿ Bird Marsh preserve no one¿ laughing. And when the bones of more victims surface, homicide detective Milo Sturgis realizes the city¿ under siege to an insidious killer. Milo¿ first move: calling in psychologist...